Joy D

The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out. Tolkien

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

@Austin_James74 My boss reached his fist towards mine for knucks. I misread the situation and thought he was extending an imaginary microphone. I leaned over his fist and said, “Hello there.”

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

@LifeTime_Life making new mom life hard. an infant is spendy: plus i can’t attend group classes b/c staff won’t let my non LT husband pick up baby from child care even w/ a parental agreement. W/ the open infant spots, I leave my classes 30 min early: why even bother with LT

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

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The irony of calling every female ages 20-30 a Queen when they clearly rule nothing and are predictably against the whole philosophy of monarchies.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

A word that annoys me and is over used.

Gratitude.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

POV: it’s disrespectful to make your parents call your pet a grand puppy. Outside the species bro.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

POV: Having a dog or plant does not make you a parent.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

Every time I watch modern dance, I get a back ache.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

I think it’s the weirdest thing to say someone “lost their battle with cancer” Apply that to any other disease and it sounds weird. “Carl lost his battle with his atherosclerosis.”

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

Finally, I’m at an age where I can say with confidence that I prefer Caribou to Starbucks. Took me awhile to get there.

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

Vigorous exercise causes muscles to produce lactate - which crosses the blood-brain barrier and is a messenger for the brain to produce neurotrophic factors like BDNF.

BDNF is like a youth elixir for the brain and the signal that activates it is lactate from high-intensity exercise.

If you want to bathe your brain in BDNF - vigorous-intensity exercise is one of the best ways to do it.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

Favorite things civilians say to me because I’m a nurse:

1: Your work must be very rewarding.

Rewarding to whom? Hospital admin? Pharma-insurance? Yes, then.

2: You only work 3 days a week? What do you do with the rest of your time?

I recover.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

If I hear another “how have you been feeling” imma flip.

I’m pregnant, not dying.

Also, conversations about the weather are always welcome.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

@dandybing 😂😂😂exactly!

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

We really can’t decide what to call our grandma’s. #nana #gma #neemaw

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

Love talking nutrition with people until I figure out theyre vegan—then it gets awkward.
Oops, not that kind of nutrition. I like my protein from meat.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

Worst part about reaching life milestones is people ask the exact same questions over and over. Reminds me of my grad party.

[Dr. Rhonda Patrick @foundmyfitness]

Aromatherapy during sleep increases cognitive capacity by 226% in older adults, an effect thought to be mediated by improved integrity of the prefrontal cortex's uncinate fasciculus, a pathway directly linked to memory.

An interesting, but small study:
https://t.co/LgQcrZeVid

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

Millennials are trying so hard to not be themselves. Using phrases like “my era” and vigorously replacing their side parts with straight down the middle.

[Joy D @JoynessandJoy]

https://t.co/a3Sj0tmjhn

The benefits of making yourself uncomfy.

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If friends need a group photo every time they get together, I start questioning intentions. #forthegram